Tech Coach Meeting - May 4, 2012

hashtag - #techcoach

All Day
Lunch provided – if you have any dietary needs please let me know.
Sub release will be covered please book your sub with Sarah. Sub code is 6010-31-1778-41-0000
Please drop me a quick email if you are able to attend. Thanks

Intended Learning Outcomes:
The participants will:
  • Participate in Professional Development
  • Review Technology Utilization Survey data
  • Review Year-end items

Agenda

Prayer: Brad Wolfe (Opening, Grace, Closing)
Minutes: Tim Brehaut
Snacks: Learning Services

Energizer/Opening Activity

"Avoiding 21"
Either get into a circle or establish a path through a seated group. The group is going to count around the circle up to 21. The person who is forced to say 21 is “out”. Each person can say one, two, or three numbers in a row. For example, 1st Person “1,2”; 2nd Person “4,5,6” 3rd Person ,“7”, etc.


Review Technology Utilization Survey Results



http://www.2learn.ca/surveys/NASurvey.aspx

IT Department Update


Apple TV in the Classroom

Request to Unblock a Website

  • URL, Name and/or link to website with information about app (developer's site)
  • Submitted by school principal
  • Requests affect entire division, not just your school

Professional Development


Eight Amazing Free Digital Resources go to #techcoach for the link


SMART Notebook 11 - NEW VERSION! Will be in September 2012 computer image.
  • New toolbar
  • Irregular shape fill
  • Reset Page option
  • Customize pens
  • Improved table formatting
  • Improved text options (nested bullets, hangin indents, line spacing, font previews)
  • Crayon tool
  • Internet browser tool
  • Activity Builder
  • Sound recorder for objects

PowerPoint Twitter Tools


  • Feedback Sildes
  • Voting
  • Ticker Bar
  • Mood Meter
  • Crowd Meter
  • Zoom text

CloudConnect for Microsoft Office

Digital Fluency Handbook
  • Review Activity
  • Recommendations

Quescussion Activity

JTC Update


Student Owned Devices Research Document soon to be published - in draft form. Interesting it is very similar to the document we created in the fall
See our Student Owned Devices Document


ipads: What are we learning? PDF
http://bit.ly/IsLzZT

Google Wiki created for school districts moving to google apps
http://bit.ly/KxGkcl

Universal Design for Learning and Technology
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines

Tools 2IncludeMe
http://www.2learn.ca/2im/AccessT.aspx


Year-End Items

Technology Coach Feedback - Please fill out before you leave
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFhoRFNyZ1lrWVhoeVQ0ZGNhQWVJNXc6MQ

Minutes from the meeting


Sharing Time


Meetings
November 4
November 21
February 7
March 6
May 4
Location
Boardroom
CARC office
Boardroom
CARC office
Boardroom
Chair
Brenda
Ryan
Ryan

Brenda/Ryan
Prayer -Opening/Lunch/Closing
Ryan
No prayer at CARc
Christine

Brad Wolfe
Takes minutes


Action items - Krushelnicki

Tim Brehaut
Brings Snacks
Brenda
CARC
Janelle and Micaela
CARC
Learning Services
Shares an engaging strategy
Brenda
Ryan

Diane - document camera
Craig - Live Scribe Pens


Professional Development
Digital Citizenship
ICT and ISTE student
Standards
IPADS
3D project
Tech Dept Update
Read Write Gold
Training with CARC
FETC -sharing session
Needs Survey
Visioning
Dr. Alec Couros Debrief
Stakeholder Information Gathering
Read, Write, Gold
for those Tech Coaches
that didn't attend in
November that would
like to attend in March
JTC Sharing Session
CloudConnect
Digital Fluency Handboook
SMART Notebook 11
Twitter - PPT
2 Learn survey
Hands on Learning session
Next year planning
Tools Used
Doodle
Survey Monkey
Digitial Citizenship
wiki
Twitter
Google form
Ipad tools
dropbox
weeble
Voki
Read Write Gold
Adam Google forms and marking
URL Shortener
Twitter
Ipad

CloudConnect





ICT outcomes in Math Grade 10 -12